Improvement in wire ears for metal buckets



J. M. SHANK. WIRE EAR FOR METAL BUGKETS.

Patented Aug. 3', 1869.

ATTEST UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH M. SHANK, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENTQIN WIRE EARS FOR, METAL BUCKET s.

Specification'forming'part of Letters Patent No. 93,355, dated August 3-, 1869.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH M. SHANK, of Dayton, Montgomery county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Wire Ear for Tin Buckets and other metallic vessels; and I hereby declare the following to be, a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification. Y

My invention relates to the conformation given to the wire which renders the ear strong in the portion which bears the greatest strain, and which is found in practice to be most liable to fracture.

Figure 1 is a view of my wire ear as furnished to the trade and ready for attachment to a vessel. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same attached to the vessel.

Ears have heretofore been made of wire for subsequent attachment to sheet-metal vessels, but have been found subject to fracture or separation near the place of attachment. This difficulty is obviated in my improvement by crossing the wire at that point in the manner shown, which not only directly increases the strength of the ear against. outward" and inward strain, but formsalso so close a connec tion between the two portion-s of the wire that the" solder very readily this the 4 interstices both between the parts of the wire and between themand the body, and materially adds to the strength.

In the drawings, A, Fig. 2, is a portion of a tin bucket, and B a wire bail-ear attached thereto. g

It will be seen that the wire is so crossed and bent at a point, I), as that the end of the wire which is attached to the vesselextending' to the right is crossedover and forms the left side of the ear proper, and vice versa.

' G isthe solder-'which is'shown in blueand which can be readily made to fill the space between the body andthe wire and the inter A wire ear the portions 12 of which are bent and crossed, in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto I set my'hand.

JOSEPH M. SHAN K.

Witnesses;

GEO. H.KNIGHT,

' JAMESVH. LAYMAN: 

